# Cocaine on euros

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-on-euros/184704>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 27, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-on-euros/184704 "2003-06-27T05:32:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-on-euros/184704/1 "2003-06-27T05:32:04Z")

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This may be old news. Euros are being tested for traces of cocaine, and some country notes (like Spain and German) are yielding higher concentrations. For some reason I thought only the coins were distinguished by countries, not the paper notes. I’ll have to look more closely…

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3021194.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3021194.stm)

Interesting…

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**Author:** ![Frank\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Frank\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_2)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-on-euros/184704/2 "2003-06-27T13:37:32Z")

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US money has traces of cocaine as well.

> **[FACT CHECK: Does Most U.S. Currency Bear Traces of Cocaine?](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cocaine-on-money/)**
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> A large percentage of U.S. currency bear traces of cocaine, but not necessarily because it all passes through the hands of drug users and dealers.

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**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-on-euros/184704/3 "2003-06-27T14:22:14Z")

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Wouldn’t you just love to have been in the room when he heard the Supreme Court declared Texas’ sodomy laws unconstitutional? Whoo boy, that’d be entertainment!

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**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cocaine-on-euros/184704/4 "2003-06-27T14:25:30Z")

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Whoops! Gotta’ remember to be carefull when I multi-thread.